#laying

They talk about those All-Star Games being exhibition affairs, and maybe they are, but I've seen very few players in my life who didn't want to win, no matter whom they were playing or what for. ↗

— Carl Hubbell

#affairs #all-star #being #exhibition #few

I had been playing since I was 2 years old, never remembering a life without music, always playing everything naturally and mostly by ear, and all the grownups wanted were more scales and drudgery out of me. ↗

— Lara St. John

#been #drudgery #ear #everything #grownups

That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn't do anything to excite each other. ↗

— Earl Scruggs

#band #been #best #each #eager

In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#attended #berlin #concerts #enjoyed #especially

It's nice not to have the majority of the attention on me like there is when playing a concerto with an orchestra. ↗

— Leila Josefowicz

#concerto #like #majority #me #nice

In Anger Management,' he said,'we had to do all this role-playing stuff. You know, to get used to handling things in a less volatile way.' 'You role-played,' I said, trying to picture this. 'I had to. It was court-ordered. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#humor #just-listen #owen #role-playing #sarah-dessen

Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys. ↗

— Jason Kidd

#being #biggest #did #emulate #fans

Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music. ↗

— Bill Laswell

#done #goes #just #keep #like

If I'm going to Hell, I'm going there playing the piano. ↗

— Jerry Lee Lewis

#hell #i #piano #playing

We started playing the Baltimore Colts early, and I was still very impressed with Johnny Unitas, who just passed away recently. I thought he was one of the best quarterbacks at the time when I was very young, he was in his prime. ↗

— Bob Lilly

#baltimore #best #early #his #i